You may know that Marquette has alumni clubs all across the United States, dedicated to bringing alumni together for fun, educational opportunities, spiritual gatherings, service projects and more. But Marquette alumni - maybe alumni like you - are gathering across the globe as well, finding each other in countries all around the world.

What do you get when you cross 120 freshman engineering majors + eight-year-olds who love engineering + alumni who helped lead Wisconsin’s largest transportation construction project + a dean who envisions a game-changing college?

With a proposed new facility, initiatives to increase the pipeline of future engineers and unprecedented momentum, the College of Engineering is offering a new Web page to feature news, activities, videos and more. See for yourself.

Election fever hits campus
In anticipation of next month’s historic presidential election, Marquette’s campus has
been buzzing with election-related events and voter registration activities. The city’s
Election Commission and the Wisconsin Governmental Accountability Board have trained
a multitude of Marquette undergraduates to register other students, and the university is
hosting "The Way Forward," a series of non-partisan town hall meetings moderated by
the Law School’s Mike Gousha. The public is invited to two upcoming events: "Politicking,
Polls and Public Perception: Behind the Scenes of Campaign Advertising," 5:30 p.m.,
October
22, and "Conversations with WPR’s Kathleen Dunn," 9 a.m., October 30. For
more
information, contact Marquette’s Office of Public Affairs at (414) 288-7491.

Marquette receives record literacy grant
The College of Health Sciences received a $4 million "Early Reading First" grant from the
U.S. Department of Education to fund the Wisconsin Reading Acquisition Program, which
will serve 300 at-risk, low-income preschoolers. It’s the largest research award received
by the College of Health Sciences and the largest three-year research grant in Marquette
history. Read more

Making peace
Marquette’s Peacemaker in Residence, Christopher Ahrends, will be on campus later
this month to address the concept of nonviolent peacemaking. Ahrends is the former
chaplain to Rev. Desmond Tutu. Read more

Business Plan Competition accepting submissions
Alumni are encouraged to participate in the 2009 Business Plan Competition sponsored
by the Marquette University Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship. The competition helps
budding entrepreneurs develop their business ideas and receive feedback from faculty
and experienced entrepreneurs. The deadline is November 3. Read more

Law School launches faculty blog
The Law School launched a new faculty blog to provide a source of fresh ideas and
thoughtful commentary on important issues of law and public policy. The blog features a
diverse group of contributors, providing commentary on a wide range of issues, including
government, higher education, public policy, economic development, legal culture, legal
scholarship and other aspects of the law. Check it out

Marquette in the news
Marquette’s economics and finance faculty have recently shared their expertise in
numerous print and broadcast stories about the economy. Drs. Anthony
Pennington-Cross, Sarah Peck, David Krause, Abdur Chowdhury and others have
commented on issues ranging from energy prices to the crises on Wall Street.

What are your classmates up to?

3 History Geeks

Laura (Banas) Abing, Grad '88, '97, Kevin Abing, Grad '88, '95, and Steve Daily, Grad '92, have formed 3 History Geeks, LLC. They have developed and published a board game called All About Town: Milwaukee. It includes 1,500 questions that test your knowledge of the history and pop culture of Milwaukee County from its founding to the present. Full Note

Maureen (Walsh) Hoffmann, Law '80, would like to update fellow class of '79 and '80 Law School graduates who may remember her daughter Bethany, who attended classes with Maureen during the spring semester of 1978. Full Note

Jennifer (Chisholm) Hughes, Comm '01, was married April 5, 2008, in Houston to Jason Hughes. They now reside in their new home in Pearland, Texas.

McCartan-Meier wedding

James T. Mulder, Jour '75, won second place in the 2008 New York State Associated Press Writing Contest for a story about how health insurers balk at paying for women cancer patients'
post-mastectomy reconstructive surgery. Full Note

Brant McCartan, H Sci '06, married Marissa Meier on August 16, 2008. The ceremony was held at Gesu by Rev. Frank Majka, S.J. The couple honeymooned in Thailand! Full Note